Stories from Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Members of the Elmore County Hispanic Organization’s Folkloric Dancers showcase the Hispanic culture as they performed during this year’s Cinco de Mayo celebration. People from the local community gathered at Carl Miller Park throughout the afternoon to enjoy an afternoon filled with live entertainment as well as other elements of the local Hispanic culture...

Military veterans and others in Mountain Home and surrounding communities plan to gather and honor the memory of those who gave their lives during the Vietnam War as well as more recent combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan during a ceremony this Friday...

Ongoing plans aimed at controlling the number of stray and abandoned cats in the Mountain Home area resumed as people in the community urged city officials to address these concerns. Continuing discussions with the city council that began in November and continued into December, the public meeting held in late April addressed efforts led by the Lost Paws TNR program to trap, neuter and release these cats that remain without a home to live...

Additional information surfaced this week regarding a Mountain Home man facing felony charges in connection with an investigation involving human sex trafficking and sexual assault. Gregory W. Jones, the senior pastor with the Liberty Christian Fellowship Church in Mountain Home for more than 33 years, remains in custody at the Elmore County Detention Center with his bond now set at $1 million...

An investigation continued last week regarding a downed utility line near a local power plant that triggered a power outage west of Mountain Home. Elmore County sheriff’s deputies started the investigation after a crew from Idaho Power responded to a report of the power outage off Simco Road on April 18...

There are times when I find myself shaking my head in disbelief when something catches my attention on television or what I read on social media. It involves instances where someone gets seriously injured or killed as a result of a vehicle accident in which they chose not to wear seatbelts...

My wife and I have lived in Mountain Home for years on Foster Drive, which runs through city and county limits. The speed limit is 25 miles per hour from Haskett to Bradford streets – a stretch of approximately one mile with no stop signs. Very seldom do we see drivers who obey the 25 mile per hour speed limit. My wife and I have witnessed people drive in excess of 60 miles per hour...

The Mountain Home City Council and mayor are not the only municipality entities with questionable behaviors. Factual example: A few months ago, the City of Glenns Ferry had an audit performed which is required by law. The audit was completed and revealed we were in pretty good standing, with a few recommendations made for improvements...

Students representing Trail Life Troop 0316 and American Heritage Girls Troop 4301 prepare to present the American and Christian flags as the representatives from the Christian-based youth organizations in Mountain Home took part in this year’s National Day of Prayer observance on Thursday, May 1...

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management in Boise continued to seek the public input regardings plans to lease thousands of acres of land in parts of Elmore County as part of a geothermal leasing agreement. The lease agreements include sections of land north of the interstate between Hammett and Glenns Ferry with additional parcels located further north of the highway in addition to a separate area between Mountain Home and Mountain Home Air Force Base...